Growing (and Other) Pains

Growing (and Other) Pains

Today, my foot is up and iced due to an injury yesterday, brought on by multi-tasking on my way out the door to an appointment. Chick-Fil-A lemonade, phone, laptop, and purse in hand, I left my home while participating in a conference call. My ankle twisted and I...
The Mentoring Sandwich

The Mentoring Sandwich

In the same way that middle-aged adults are often in the sandwich generation, balancing parenting growing families with caring for aging parents, I lately feel like I am smack dab in the middle of a mentoring sandwich. I am mentoring others (sometimes more...
You Are Not a Failure

You Are Not a Failure

You are not a failure. Those voices in your head are vicious — I know, because I have battled them myself. The whispers of self-doubt, the feelings of not measuring up, the belief that you can never do enough. They’re lies. The truth is this: you are enough....

Exercising My Delegating Muscle

It’s hard for me to believe I’ve only been in business full time since last June, not even a year yet. Growing Weaving Influence feels, at times, like life on hyper-drive. We’ve got a lot going on: adding new subcontractors, training new...